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All 86 ragas

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Ahir Bhairav
Prahar 1
अहीर भैरव
Thaat
Bhairav
Rasa
bhakti
Graha
Sun
Time
dawn
A dawn raga of the Bhairav thaat that joins Bhairav's komal Re to a komal Ni traditionally traced to Ahiri folk melody. Serene and prayerful, sung in the first prahar as the day begins.
Bairagi
Prahar 1
बैरागी
Thaat
Bhairav
Rasa
shanta
Time
dawn
A pentatonic dawn raga of ascetic stillness (bairagi — renunciate): komal Re and komal Ni around Sa-Ma-Pa. Popularized in the twentieth century by Pt. Ravi Shankar and now a dawn staple; attributions follow modern pedagogy.

Sources draw on Sangita Ratnakara, Natya Shastra, and Bhatkhande’s Sangeet Paddhati. Dosha mappings from Charaka Samhita / Ashtanga Hridaya.

Bhairav

Prahar 1

भैरव

Thaat: Bhairav
Rasa: gambhir
Graha: Sun
Time: dawn

Among the oldest ragas of the tradition and head of the Bhairav thaat — the archetypal sunrise raga. Komal Re and komal Dha taken with slow, wide andolan give it an austere, purifying gravity; sung in the first prahar at dawn.

Bhairavi

Prahar 1

भैरवी

Thaat: Bhairavi
Rasa: bhakti
Graha: Moon
Time: morning

The 'queen of ragas' — a sampurna morning raga of the Bhairavi thaat using komal Re, Ga, Dha and Ni. So flexible that all twelve swaras may appear in practice; sung in devotion and surrender, and traditionally offered to close a concert.

Bhatiyar

Prahar 1

भटियार

Thaat: Marwa
Rasa: bhakti
Graha: Sun
Time: dawn

A daybreak sandhi-prakash raga of the Marwa family with Bhairav touches, sung as night gives way to dawn. It blends both madhyams and a vakra, wandering sanchara into a solemn, awakening mood. (Treatment varies by gharana.)

Devgiri Bilawal

Prahar 1

देवगिरि बिलावल

Thaat: Bilawal
Rasa: bhakti
Time: morning

A rare Bilawal-anga morning raga preserved mainly in dhrupad and temple singing. Its note-forms are taught with real variation across gharanas, so the scale is left unstated here rather than fixed wrongly.

Prabhat

Prahar 1

प्रभात

Thaat: Bhairav
Rasa: bhakti
Graha: Sun
Time: dawn

A dawn raga (prabhat = daybreak) drawing on the Bhairav family — komal Re and Dha lend a prayerful, meditative serenity to the first light. A less widely codified name; this metadata reflects its Bhairav-family dawn character.

Vibhas

Prahar 1

विभास

Thaat: Bhairav
Rasa: bhakti
Time: dawn

A gentle pentatonic raga of first light — komal Re and Dha with shuddha Ga, omitting Ma and Ni (this common Bhairav-anga form; a Marwa-anga variant with shuddha Dha also circulates). Sung as the sky brightens.

Ahir Bhairav

Bairagi

Bhairav

Bhairavi

Bhatiyar

Devgiri Bilawal

Prabhat

Vibhas